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Pearson Education Technologies Enhances NovaNET® Courseware with 66 New Multimedia Lessons in Math and Language Arts

Winter 2003 Release Also Features Private Notes Files to Facilitate Communication Between Teachers and Students

Mesa, AZ - January 16, 2003 - Pearson Education Technologies (formerly NCS Learn) today announced the release of 66 new multimedia lessons in mathematics and language arts for its NovaNET® comprehensive courseware system. The winner of eSchool News' Curriculum Software Choice for the Comprehensive Courseware Category, Grades 9-12, NovaNET is an online, standards-based curriculum and assessment system designed specifically for middle and high school learners.

The NovaNET winter 2003 release provides schools with new lessons covering various content areas in mathematics and language arts. The mathematics lessons cover fractions, addition, and subtraction. The language arts lessons include writing, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, word usage, vocabulary, and research strategies. The release is part of Pearson Education Technologies’ effort to continuously update its products with the most current content and multimedia technology.

In addition to the new lessons, the winter 2003 release will offer teachers a valuable feature designed to facilitate communication with students. Teachers can now request to have their own private notes files created on the NovaNET system for specific student and classroom use. The private notes files enable teachers to create a secure chat room where they can communicate with students about the day’s lessons, class assignments, and group projects. They can also be used for online discussion forums set to allow students to participate in conversations that are either open-ended or instructor-moderated.

The NovaNET winter 2003 release will ship to all current NovaNET subscribers, at no additional charge, beginning in January. Customers may deploy the new lessons, as well as the entire NovaNET library of multimedia lessons, from the CD or from the Pearson Education Technologies Customer Link (TM) support Web site.

For a copy of a white paper, "NovaNET Courseware for Grades 6-12: Developed, Validated, and Refined by Research," which explains how the NovaNET system meets new legislative requirements for research-based solutions to boost student achievement, click here.

About the NovaNET System

The NovaNET system delivers the most comprehensive interactive and engaging online curriculum, testing, assessment, student management, and record-keeping, designed specifically for middle and high school learners. NovaNET’s thousands of hours of basic skills, middle and high school English, mathematics, science, social studies and electives, ESL, GED preparation, SAT/ACT preparation, life skills, school-to-work, and post-secondary curriculum and assessment programs are aligned to national and state standards. Continuously upgraded and enhanced, it continues to evolve to incorporate the latest technology and meet the changing needs of education.

About Pearson Education Technologies 

With more than 40 years of experience in developing, delivering, and supporting curriculum, assessment, and enterprise data management products, Pearson Education Technologies is the leader in offering comprehensive solutions for preK-12 education. Reaching more than 10 million students annually, our products include the SASIxp™ student information system, SuccessMaker® Enterprise and NovaNET® comprehensive courseware systems, and Concert™ Instruction & Assessment, the online education community. Pearson Education Technologies is part of Pearson Education (NYSE: PSO), the world's leading integrated education company.

For more information about Pearson Education Technologies, call 1.877.EdTech1.